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AUSTRALIAN RUNNER RON CLARKE - FORMER 3-MILE (5,000 M.) RECORD HOLDER, AND NOW PREPARING FOR THIS YEAR'S MEXICO OLYMPICS - HAS MOVED TO EUROPE PRECEDING THE OLYMPICS.

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AUSTRALIAN RUNNER RON CLARKE - FORMER 3-MILE (5,000 M.) RECORD HOLDER, AND NOW PREPARING FOR THIS YEAR'S MEXICO OLYMPICS - HAS MOVED TO EUROPE PRECEDING THE OLYMPICS. HE HAS GONE INTO TRAINING IN THE HIGH ALTITUDE FRENCH OLYMPIC CAMP, TO BECOME ACCLIMATISED TO THE THIN AIR PREVAILING IN MEXICO CITY.

EARLIER THIS MONTH, RON CLARKE - INTERVIEWED IN STOCKHOLM - EXPLAINED THAT THE MOVE WAS "A BUSINESS GAMBLE AND AN ATHLETIC NECESSITY". HE RESIGNED HIS JOB IN MELBOURNE AND SOLD HIS HOUSE TO RAISE CAPITAL WITH WHICH TO ENTER THE SPORTS GOODS FIELD. HE INTENDS TO USE HIS EUROPEAN STAY TO SEEK BUSINESS CONTACTS.